Consultants and individual contractors serve in their individual capacity and not as representatives of a government or of any other authority external to the United Nations, accordingly any person in service of a government may need to be on Special Leave without Pay for the duration of their employment with the United Nations. They are neither staff members under the Staff Rules and Staff Regulations of the United Nations nor officials for the purpose of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946. Consultants and individual contractors may be afforded the status of experts on mission within the meaning of article VI, section 22, of the Convention. If the consultants and individual contractors are required to travel on behalf of the United Nations, they may be given a United Nations certificate in accordance with article VII, section 26, of the Convention.”
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